In the week when the world’s financial industries appeared to go into meltdown, Litopia After Dark zeroes in on the impact this will have on the publishing industry.
What effect will the credit crunch and looming global economic disaster have on the world of books? We also discuss e-readers, following disturbing research showing that on-screen reading is flawed. Is the e-reader doomed? And, after Eoin Colfer has been commissioned to write a new Hitchhiker instalment, we ask if resurrecting old favourites is a good idea? All this seriousness is balanced out with our regular merrymaking in the form of Pitch the Nasty Agent, Toad Suck, Arkansas, Reverse Shuffle Six Card Strip Pokerette and of course Litopia's Cry for Help.
On the panel this week we are delighted to welcome back Martyn Daniels, publishing expert and author of the seminal, pathfinding report for the Booksellers Association of Great Britain about their digital future. You can find Martyn on his blog Brave New World. Joining him are Donna Ballman, Dave Bartram and Eve Harvey.
